Market Focus
Although the Archimedes market was relatively small, it had a fast 32-bit RISC processor with a slim accelerated pipeline that encouraged fast graphics operations. Certain of 4D's games anticipate the 3D, first-person viewpoint style of graphics that was becoming popular on the much larger PC market at the same time. For example, E-type is a car racing game; Chocks Away is an air combat game with a two-player dogfight mode; and Galactic Dan (YouTube) is a primitive 1992 FPS with a pre-Wolfenstein 3D graphics style, combining a 3D Maze look with ray-traced sprites.
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